http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DyHFonnu2EThis is a man( Tom Brier) playing Maple leaf Rag. I think I am offically a fan of his. he plays some things unhumanly fast, but it still keeps to the true rhythm of ragtime. He played it in three different majors. A, G, and B. he got a little messed up on B, but played it a little slower, but still with the true sound of the song.

Then he was asked to play some video game themes. I don't play video games, so I've never heard Super Mario before, but listening to him, it's hard to beleive it was really a game tune. he goes fast, then slow, and then speeds up at one point to like hyper mode, but always within this ragtime rythym. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9IkpUYlOx8

I saw one video explainging ragtime, and couldn't beleive it whe they said Doctors used to be worried when this first started being played. They thought people were going to go crazy from it. This isn't a new thing for me to be interested in this. I always have liked it. It's just that I've been looking it up more now.

Hi Daynaa delayed response. You might find some interesting stuff on Document Records. They mainly concentrate on pre-war blues and gospel, but have released CDs covering lots of early recordings of associated genres, and they're great value!.Happy huntingAly